as in boiling
having a notably high temperature
the office was broiling because the air conditioning was on the blink
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as in trapping
to place in conflict or difficulties
instead of broiling themselves in internal strife, they should band together against the common enemy
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Recent Examples of broiling
Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2025
Listen to this article CROMWELL — On a broiling hot afternoon at The Travelers Pro Am, Chris Berman pulled on his San Francisco Giants cap to remember Willie Mays, who died Tuesday at age 93.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 22 June 2024
In a broiling game where the thermometer topped 100 degrees, the Chargers built a big lead before starter Tobin Rote gave way to the rookie Hadl during mop-up minutes.
—Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Dec. 2022
The main attraction, the reason thousands of fans withstood a broiling, shadeless, 97-degree afternoon for hours Friday, emerged in pink silk Dolce and Gabbana pajamas.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2022
For over two years, farmers have faced broiling weather that bakes their fields and evaporates all moisture.
—Juan Forero, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2021
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In July, El Sobrante managers informed the South Coast Air Quality Management District that a chemical reaction brewing inside the landfill was causing broiling temperatures and producing toxic sulfur pollution, according to air district records.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2025
Listen to this article CROMWELL — On a broiling hot afternoon at The Travelers Pro Am, Chris Berman pulled on his San Francisco Giants cap to remember Willie Mays, who died Tuesday at age 93.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 22 June 2024
In a broiling game where the thermometer topped 100 degrees, the Chargers built a big lead before starter Tobin Rote gave way to the rookie Hadl during mop-up minutes.
—Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Dec. 2022
The main attraction, the reason thousands of fans withstood a broiling, shadeless, 97-degree afternoon for hours Friday, emerged in pink silk Dolce and Gabbana pajamas.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2022
For over two years, farmers have faced broiling weather that bakes their fields and evaporates all moisture.
—Juan Forero, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for broiling
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One idea is that about a million years after the Big Bang, the universe cooled and underwent a phase transition, an event similar to how boiling water turns liquid into gas.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Scientific American,
3 Mar. 2020
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If candy is still stuck on, pour more boiling water over whatever hasn’t come clean.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
3 Dec. 2019
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Set in 2019 Los Angeles, Akil’s update paints a searing portrait of the issues faced by teenagers today, exploring the social media age and how, via the race-swapping of the leads, Black kids come of age in white America.—
Jessica Wang,
EW.com,
8 May 2025
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As one more analogous reference, the need to manage hows reminds me of great literature, in particular, Viktor Frankl’s searing memoir Man’s Search For Meaning.—
Michael Ashley,
Forbes.com,
6 May 2025
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Kasey Caminiti,
USA Today,
11 May 2025
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Day-of: Finalize dishes, prep any oven dishes, assemble salads without dressing, roast veggies, and cook proteins (or any hot dishes, for that matter).—
Ginger Perra,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 May 2025
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Equal to Tesfaye’s navel-gazing, Shults uses every trick in the music-video playbook to conjure a vivid, ultra-saturated but not quite realistic universe where the Weeknd is a brightly burning sun everyone revolves around.—
Todd Gilchrist,
Variety,
15 May 2025
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Ben Johnson has a ‘burning desire’ to be a head coach.—
Brad Biggs,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2025
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“Broiling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/broiling. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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